fotographer

you and your friend will be fine...you should understand that the media will take one incident and make a meal of it...
Its just like when my wife and I travel.. (me Indian,my wife American).. ever had a problem all over Asia or any part of the world
(well i does help, that I grew up in England..and my accent is very English.. so most people dont even think I am from India. .. even the customs people at Indian airports)

chipmaster

Travel in this time is so speculative, I guess if non-essential leisure, you got to ask is with worth it?

As to risk for any ethnic group in any country, there are always a fringe group acts that get lots of press and build unfavorable impressions. The reality is during this crazy time in what places and what kind of bias are sensationalized or not.

Take even the COVID19 risk the actual risk is very very low, but the impact to those that get it are huge. I view getting exposed to prejudice is similar depending on the timing and location.

Should you be scared, no, should you be prudent and what is prudent is in the eye of the beholder.

cockpitvisit

Here in Germany, there were a few reports of discrimination against Chinese back in February. Like a doctor refusing to admit a Chinese patient, or a cashier visibly disinfecting his workplace after having served a Chinese customer. These coronavirus-inspired cases don't appear to be a widespread problem (our press is very sensitive to such cases, and there are no recent reports). You should be fine, assuming you can travel at all.

brandie

Thank you for your service as an Emergency Room doctor.

LiHS

I doubt the chance of any racially motivated attack against you would be much higher if at all in the EU than in the US this coming summer. There have certainly been some horrifying cases of it in Europe, but the same is true for the USA. No place has a monopoly on violent racists I guess.

However, there's a good chance you might not be able to do much in Europe this summer. Internal borders are up all over the Schengen area now, some of which have just been extended, several countries are considering mandatory quarantine of 1 or 2 weeks for all who enter them until further notice, Austrian Chancellor Kurz suggested Austrians should plan their summer holidays in Austria rather than abroad, and of course the whole lockdown thing can happen again at any point in any country if there's a sudden increase in new cases. There's a perfectly good chance Germany might not even let you, or anyone else, enter for tourist purposes from outside the EU/Schengen. Museums and tourist spots are probably the last thing that any country is going to open. The President of the European Commission is cautioning people to hold off booking summer vacations for now, because the situation is too precarious.

Sorry to be this pessimistic, but if I were in your shoes, as things stand now, I'd be hoping Condor gives me an excuse to cancel the tickets without penalty due to a schedule change or cancellation. I'd probably be sketching out a road-trip to Willamette or Walla Walla this summer instead - at least that can be scrapped at short notice without too much trouble. Whatever you do, don't book anything (hotels) where you have to pay in advance, and monitor the developing situation closely.

Hope you get a favourable resolution, and that we can all travel more freely next year. And thank you for your efforts day to day!

Dream of Flying

Racism in the west tends to be covert so you are likely fine, safety wise.

s0ssos

Well, unless you confront it. Like the Singaporean in London who decided to speak up for Asians and got beat up.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-51736755
For all the racism against blacks in Guangzhou I haven't seen anybody get beat up yet.

justforfun

I think the bigger concern will be whether the flight takes off at all. EU may be closed to external flights until September...

https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/new...e-to-covid-19/

PAX_fips

Also LOT just cancelled the buy-out of Condor. Take your eyes on the airline for now.

GUWonder

Not closed to external flights, but closed to external travelers of a sort. The external traveler restriction hits the willingness of common carriers to operate scheduled commercial carrier flights, but that is not the same thing as the EU being closed to external flights.

LondonElite

Indeed. I think German government will roll over the EUR380m due at the end of this week and work on a restructure programme. Might we see a strong suggestion that Condor becomes part of the same rescue package as LH?

PAX_fips

News this morning said the 380m are due tomorrow already?! But yeah, some package might pop up.

One thing about being asian in Germany: people realized now that this a worldwide thing; you might experience that "scared ones" are keeping more distance - but didnt hear about outright threatenings or so. (the "scared ones" will also tripple distance if you (or I) sneeze )

ferg01

Happy to report that overt displays of racism are extremely rare in Ireland.

You mention that your planned timing was in July...I'd be more worried about the place still being in lockdown then and you having a boring holiday. Travel / recreation outside 2km from your home is not encouraged and over the weekend (albeit a bank holiday weekend), the police were stopping and questioning travellers.

vjschultz

As a fellow Doctor, I would not be worried about discrimination on your trip. You and your friend should have a fabulous time and Europe and the rest of the World will be in good spirits after being locked up. I might be concerned about Condor Airlines and if they will be viable when you want to travel. You might want to spend the $200 to bail and if that is not an option, watch if they cancel the flight and are forced to give you a full cash refund. Right now, there are plenty of inexpensive ways using points or cheap upgrades to fly Business on more reputable carriers.

tmm1012

+100